Easter!

He is Risen!

We had a wonderful Easter! Jason's Mom & Dad arrived in town the Thursday night before Easter. They have not seen Katie in person since she was about 9 months old! We went to church Sunday morning and it was wonderful, then we all went over to my parent's house for a big lunch and for the easter egg hunt....but we decided that next year we will do a dinner and after-nap-egg-hunt! Katie & Mason were a little tired and cranky by the time we finished everything and it was waaay past nap time!

I got a new camera and I love it! It is a Nikon D-3000 and I am trying to figure out how to use it...it has a great auto mode, but it can do so many other things and I think I may take a class to figure it out!

We are waiting for the arrival of our newest nephew....Baby Thomas will be here any day & I know Wendy & Mark are ready to meet him! We all are!

Happy Second Birthday Katie!

I blew out my candles all by myself!

I love my new Max & Ruby book!

My new Max & Ruby dolls!

Today is Katie's second birthday! I can NOT believe she is 2! She is getting to be such a big girl and can do so many new things! Last night we made sugar cookies to take to her class today-she helped with the sprinkles and did an excellent job! Then when I picked her up, we went to play at a local church that has a huge, three story playground! Mason, McKinley, and Aunt Julie met us over there. Then we had Chick-fil-a for dinner (of course) and finished up with cake, ice cream and presents at home! We are having our Dora birthday party on Saturday, so tonight it was just our little family!

Snow Day!

Well, we have had an interesting couple of weeks! Katie has had pneumonia AND the stomach bug over the last two weeks! She has been such a trooper! She really only felt bad for a couple of days when she had pnuemonia, but it was awful having to take her to the doctor twice with 102-103 fever (the first time I took her she was acting fine and running around-just had 102!), having a chest xray and lab work, antibiotics for 10 days, and then when she finally felt better and started getting her appetite back, she got the stomach bug for 12 hours! At least it was a short bug and Jason & I didn't get it!

We have had so much snow/ice this year! This week it was mostly snow, so we bundled Katie up and took her outside for a few minutes to play! She loved it! We took lots of pictures and videos, so it was great! Hope everyone is doing well and having a great 2010 so far!

Merry Christmas!

So pitiful!
Pre-haircut!

Toys!

Katie's Kitchen...open for business!

Bad hair day!

At the Christmas Eve service!

I know...I haven't blogged in awhile! I'm going to try and do better in 2010! We had a wonderful Christmas this year! Katie had so much fun this year! She has so many new toys, but I think her favorite present was her little kitchen-she has had so much fun "making" dinner for us and putting things in and out of the play microwave, oven, & refrigerator. This year was definatley more fun than last Christmas for her-last year she had no idea what was going on. This year, I still don't think she quite understands, but she knows she has new toys to play with!

Katie had her first haircut the day after Christmas! We went to a cute shop called "Pigtails & Crewcuts" and they have little cars or airplanes the kids can sit in while they get their hair cut. Katie loved the little car at first, but as soon as they started cutting her hair she started crying! It was so pitiful...but of course I took lots of pictures and recorded the whole thing! I know she will love that later on!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a Happy New Year!

I Love Kroger!

Going to School!
With Mason after McKinley was born

At Kroger!

Proud Big Brother!

Sweet new Baby McKinley!

I LOVE Kroger! Walmart may be closer and more convenient....but they do NOT have the grocery carts with cars attatched to the front! Katie is awful when we go to Walmart-she won't sit in the cart or let me hold her or walk beside me...she just wants to run everywhere! But at Kroger, she sits nicely in the car and just drives it or reads a book! It is amazing...so... we are definately Kroger people now! Sorry Walmart!

Vaca!

This year we just took a mini vacation to Dallas. With all of our moves this summer, we didn't want to do anything too big! So, we decided to just go down several days early for the Razorback/Texas game this year. We had such a fun week! Before we left LR we took Katie to The Little Gym and to the zoo! She loved them both! Then when we were in Dallas we went to the Dallas Aquarium, several different malls and outlets (love that Carter's!) and we saw Aunt Wendy & Uncle Mark! Katie and I didn't go to the game, but we watched it while Jason went with Uncle John and their friends Reagan & Scott. They had a great time and we even won! We had lots of fun on our mini trip and Katie did very well, except for the fact that our hotel only had a big shower (no tub) and Katie did NOT like it! So, she only got 2 baths the whole week since she would scream when we put her in the shower! I think we finally have everything settled at our new place for now, and even though it is a little crowded, we're making it work! Here are a few pics of our trip! Shark!
With Daddy being funny!

Looking at some birds!

So cute!

We've moved again!

Whew! Well, after spending about a month at my parents house, we finally moved again! Who needs to work out when you move every month! Katie loved spending time at Nana and Bapa's house, and they loved having her there (I think!). We had the upstairs suite~such a hard life! Dewey roughed it out at Chenal pet palace in his own room with a bed off of the floor and air conditioner AND a TV! I did a few home repairs for my parents (ha!) to make it worth their while for us to stay there....I replaced a blind, installed a new toilet paper holder, painted some trim, etc. I seem to be very handy! I am almost unpacked (again) and hopefully it will be awhile until we move again so we can recover. Once again, Jason's brother John helped him with all of the big stuff-we couldn't have done it without him!

We put Katie's crib up at the new place, and she is sleeping in it again! She was able to climb out of the one at my parent's house, but I think ours must be deeper or something, because she can't get out of it! Yeah! She is getting to be such a big girl-she can climb on anything (including the kitchen table) and at her 18 month check up last week she has finally moved out of the 5th percentile for weight!!! She is still small for her age at 20 lbs 11oz, but she has moved up to the 10th percentile now-woohoo! I know this may not be a big deal for everyone, but I constantly have to shovel calories into her and try to get her to eat. She eats many different kinds of food, just not a lot of each. Thank goodness for Pediasure! She's a big fan. Another thing she is a big fan of is suckers. Wow. I gave her one for the first time today (I know-why did I wait so long!?!?)when we went to the bank, and she could not stop saying "yummm" and "mmmm". It was hilarious, and I bought a whole bag of dum-dums at Walmart-maybe they will keep her occupied when we go to a store, because right now she does NOT want to sit in a cart or walk beside me and hold my hand. She just wants to run away! Not a good thing in Home Depot!

I think we may also get her haircut this month~it is finally long enough and at times she looks a little shaggy, so I think we will get a trim! I'll post some pics if we do!

This month we also went up to Fayetteville to meet The Binns' newest addition! Our good friends Kristy & Reagan and Katie's BFF Byron welcomed William Carter Binns on 9/9/09! He is so cute and was almost as big as his brother! So much fun!

I hope everyone is doing well! Sorry it has been so long since I have posted, but we have been living in boxes and I couldn't find my camera cord to post pics!